National Regional Profile: Barcaldine (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA30400   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
26
21
24
18
19
Unemployment rate%
2.7
2.2
2.5
1.8
1.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
167
207
213
224
-
Taxable individualsno.
737
731
725
691
-
Taxable income$m
25.3
25.1
26.5
27.3
-
Average taxable income$
34 271
34 354
36 504
39 540
-
Net tax$m
5.4
5.4
5.6
6.1
-
Average net tax$
7 316
7 384
7 757
8 773
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.3
21.5
21.2
22.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
648
668
652
639
-
Wage and salary income $m
20.8
21.5
22.0
22.5
-
Total income $m
21.4
22.4
23.3
23.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 075
32 131
33 709
35 251
-
Average total income$
33 025
33 493
35 682
36 861
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.2
54.8
51.2
53.7
-
Females%
45.8
45.2
48.8
46.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.5
21.9
20.6
21.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.6
23.5
22.7
20.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.2
26.9
26.8
28.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
16.2
15.1
16.3
16.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
13.4
12.6
13.7
12.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
3.9
3.7
4.4
-
Professionals%
-
13.0
16.1
14.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.4
5.7
5.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
14.5
12.9
13.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
0.7
1.1
0.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.7
18.5
19.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.8
5.1
5.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.3
10.9
10.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
22.2
19.1
21.4
-
Not Stated%
-
6.4
7.0
6.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
149
133
118
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
5.9
3.7
3.2
-
-
Total income$m
5.3
3.7
3.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
39 906
27 944
26 825
-
-
Average total income$
35 774
27 956
29 963
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
105
111
111
99
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
33
45
48
45
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
48
51
51
51
Total businessesno.
-
186
207
210
195
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
24
18
12
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
12
6
Total business entriesno.
-
-
36
30
18
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
21
24
18
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
0
6
Total business exitsno.
-
-
27
24
24
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year